Isaiah 59:2 NIV
[2] But your iniquities have separated you from your God; your sins have hidden his face from you, so that he will not hear.
Many things can separate us from Jesus. Generally those things are sins. Sometimes it’s as simple as not prioritizing God and growing cold and distant. But most times it’s something God warned us against. A little compromise here and there. The ‘I’ll only do it once’ idea.
Remember the song be careful little ears what you hear. Be careful little eyes what you see. Be careful little hands what you do. Be careful little mouth what you say. And be careful little feet where you go. Because the Father up above is looking down with love. So be careful. Why should we be careful? Because God will strike us down of we don’t? No. Because it’s the little things that lead to be pains in the end.
God has not hidden His face from us. Our sins have blocked His face out. This verse suggests that if we are prolific in sin, if we sin without repentance, or if we sin and think it’s fine because God loves us so much He will ignore our transgressions, then God will not hear us when we pray.
One thing God always hears no matter how much you sin, is repentance. If we ask God to forgive us we will find Him ready and happy to do so. He will not ignore our transgressions, but He will always forgive them. If we are Christians then we will lives that we know will make Jesus smile.
If He was in the room physically with you. Would you do the same things? Tell the same jokes? Talk the same smack?
Think on that.
When we choose our own ways and shut ourselves off from God then our down fall and despondency is soon to follow.
Reach out instead to Jesus. He’s reaching for you.
Carried in the cross 